I am getting GREAT reflections regarding  my question about why a Scots would leave Scotland in the late 1700s and migrate to Tyrone. What was the economy like and what sort of work would a young man get upon arriving? Ag lab?  As I do my histories, I am trying to put context with the lists. What was life like for our folks in Tyrone in the early 1800's? What did they wear, eat, do for a living? What were the controversies and conflicts of the times? Did The Troubles affect them much in this area? My husband tells me his family, calling themselves Ulstermen, left Ireland in the early 1900's and retained a grim attitude towards The Troubles even while they lived in the US and Canada. I hope we will discuss some of the social and historical underpinnings of the times so we can understand the why as well as the who. And for those of us who have never lived or visited Ireland, this kind of information would be really welcome. I do hope to visit within the next few years after we stop putting kids through college! (Of course, I was a history graduate...) Joy Hogg